VW ID.4

Has anyone used this offer?

Just wondering any catch?

Does anyone know if VW do “loan cars” to cover you for a couple of weeks while you wait till delivery? After handing in the part exchange obviously :)

Only available to those that bought after June. Boo!

I suspect they are claiming a grant and it’s not costing them much. Electric Ireland are giving free chargers to Nissan customers.

If your car is registered between July and December this year, you can have your VW dealer pass on your details to SSE Airtricity and they will contact you directly. If you are switching to them, you are entitled to any deal available to new customers in addition to the €675 credit. I opted for the 30% discount for new customers so I will be paying day rate of 18c and night rate of 8.9c from September onwards.

Got my vin today. Dealer told me to complain to VW as he hasn't a clue where my car is. I added it to vw.ie. Is it supposed to give me info on it there. Just shows a picture of it.

Thanks will contact my dealer

I’d love to get an accurate insight into the upcoming shipping schedule. The 2 ships that do the Emden - Dublin route (Patara and Panara) have both been anchored up for weeks. The last one to dock in Dublin was on August 9th. So that’s the last time any fresh VAG cars arrived in Ireland.

You’d imagine/hope one of them should be loading up for this route again in the next week or so.

I see on the UK ID4 Facebook group one owner got ~570km from 99% battery. Admittedly with limited speed and no aircon etc, but still impressive.

German companies are generally good at building hardware. However most of the DE-software is glitchy. And service is poor, because in the old days, pre software, German stuff just worked and did not require much attention.

Compare with Tesla. The hardware, ie the car itself is rubbish in most cases, as is the design, but the 'iPad' controller/interface, which is software, while it looks ugly it is constantly updated. Ask any taxi driver who uses a Tesla at Amsterdam airport about the rattling automobile that is Tesla.

I am using a Jeep Compass as a rental car at the moment. US product. Not an EV. It is difficult to park in European size P spaces. It consumes EUR 30 of fuel for a journey that I can do in a BMW 3 series for EUR 12. Despite the size of the vehicle, it is a struggle to get into the driver's seat. I am only 1m83. Dumb American design. The assist systems warn you of events that took place seconds ago - due probably to lack of computing power. They (warning beeps) just create confusion in the drivers mind with all these beeps. Dumb American 'technology'. The air con can't keep up with 34C outdoor temp - despite the 'gas guzzling' .

Call them dysfunctional areas.

Covid has created a shortage of rental vehicles, giving one little choice of vehicle, and high prices. I wouldn't dream of renting an EV in most European countries due to the shortage of fast charging. Also neither Avis nor Hertz notify the renter of the charging speed of the e vehicle. ie can I charge at 150 kW/h and get an 80% charge in 30 or so minutes, or is a 'tank fill' an overnight job or worse?

I also had the bracket fitted for the rear LED strip, stopped the rattling sound I used to hear so happy enough.

Anyone have any ideas on how to clean the back seats after one of the kids was car sick? The car has been fully christened now, between that and the sand it needs a good clean now.

Garage updated me today and still looking at end of November for delivery. Such a shite time of year to pick it up.

True yeah. That should be interesting alright but the whole plate thing is going to annoy me. I must ask my garage what my options are for January.

Tell them its racist and in contravention of the Good Friday agreement and that you'll be reporting them to the Hague convention on Human Rights abuses. That'll get them moving 🤣